Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4220  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
M106, Steve Coates
M106
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M106 with accompanying galaxies NGC 4217, NGC 4248, NGC 4232, NGC 4231 and NGC 4220.

Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici

~23.7 million light years distant

Ocala, FL (RGB)

Chiefland, FL (LUM)

Combination of 6 min and 10 min exposures stacked in DeepSkyStacker for a total of 6 hours 40 min

1 hours each RGB

3 hours and 40 min Luminance

2 hours 20 minutes Ha

Additional 15 minute subs in Luminance was added from Chiefland, Florida totaling 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Photoshop CS5

Imaging telescope: Orion 80mm EON

Imaging camera: QSI 683 wsg-8

Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II

Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter

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